Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), September 8, 1955, p. 4

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paos pour the acton freerpfelss act6n ontario fci- ii thursday september a 1935 questions raised on designation of retailers in some classifications continued from page one behalf of the acton citizens band to request the return of the half mill tax approbation which the band once had but wus withdrawn a few years ago mr mason said the present 500 grant is not sufficient to cover ris ins music costs bandmasters fee and buy needed instruments and uniforms only 3s cents per taxpayer there are not enough uniforms to outfit all members he said many f ttu uniforms now being used by are needed to- replace damaged covers about town these are to be ordered i mayor tyler and reeve hargrave are to attend a meeting in milton this week dealing with the proposed sale of milton high school by the district board to milton public school board in this sume connec tion the clerk read a motion from nassagaweya council registering op position to the sale acton council had previously shown little liking for the proposal clerk mcgeachie read the month- qpp report and magistrate iy personal notes h of actonlans visiting outoftown polnt and of visitors in acton homes miss jean rowe holidayed in port el ove the weekend mr al bennett of huhtsvllle visited in acton tuesday mr nd mrs h helwig were at wasaga beach on the weekend mr and mrs jack ridley and family weekended at wasaga beach mrs- bertha kentner spent the noiiaay weekend oshnwar r friends are sorry that mr john rognvaldson has been ill and hos pitalized mr and mrs harold perkins and penny spent the labor day week end at wasaga beach mr and mrs cam leishman and their granddaughter aluna spent sunday at wasaga beach mr and mrs stuurt lnntz cur- ole anne john and doris spent sunday with friends here mrs w iindsborough spent two days in toronto last week with mr and mrs walter utndsborougli mr and mrs james duncan gary and bruce of massachusetts visited with mr and mrs harold perkins mrs w j wood mr and mrs w green and family of islington visited mr and mrs j wood sun day mr and mrs clare pickett mr and mrs a fryer were at wasagu beach during the holiday week end after seven weeks in toronto general hospital mr jack bauer is recuperating at mr jake bauers home back in guelph from their cot tage near whitney mrjmd mrs vic rumley visited in town on sat urday mrs dobie lappin wio has been in toronto general hospital is progressing nicely friends are glad to learn mr and mrs jimts gibbons of oshawa visited this week in town mrs gibbons is mrs cam irish mans sister mr and mrs ronald laniiford and family mrs dutton and miss fanny p who have been staying with mr amftmrs w- mililleton returned home to woodstock on sunday mr middleton who is on holidays for two months la plan ning short trips and visits mr and mrs r leavens and miss edna leavens of fonthvill miss vlnlet ljnvens rm juxd miss- boards argue school sale talk splitting district continued from page one keeve martin mllto pointed out at the formation i was t most eco nomical way to operute in the five municipality unit suggesting the three towns had outgrown the area he said the town felt it should give serious consideration to dis continuing the north halton board he reported it was understood it would not be long until the milton school would have an enrolment btook up at thii low introductory pries fivb robes 8c off deal men are too small since they were originally bought for a junior band the bandmaster mr mason indicat ed will likely not return next year for 500 new or needed additional instruments have not been bought because there were just no funds to buy thm mr rumsden added council was sympathetic to the bands situation and advised that the required 15 per cent of the pro perty owners names be sought for a petition to place the return of the halfmill allowance on a ballot for a vote by the ratepayers it was re marked that the alolwance if re turned to the band would cost each taxpayer i little more than 35 cents per year clerk mcgeachie noted there was no final report from the surveyors on the western boundary line dis pute with the township the ac count of c f lcatherland in con nection with this mutter totalling 91070 was ordered paid legal representatives for the bank of montreal which plans to build a new structure on mill st took exception to a stipulation by the town that anew front would have to be twoandahalf feet back 97355 of the present front of hintons dcpt store where the building is supposed to go up would go to court the town which holds evidence to support its contention the mill street line is back from the present store front is willing to let the mat ter go before a judge for settlement it was unofficially stated that the bank of montreal lawyers are also willing to take this resort mayor tyler reported that a back- boo has been recommended to clean uul the towns portion of the local creek he also said the beardmore co is willing to clean out weeds from kairy lake if the town will assist in dragging stumps out coun cil agreed to go along with this proposition a recent meeting- of the police committee and home and school association officials agreed on marked crosswalks school signs and policeman warning signs as high way safety measures for public school children summary also o c of a letter to with friends in esqueslngs solicitors stating the basis on which acton will pay an nexation compensation to the town ship with all township erin esques- ing and nassagaweya signatures on the fire area ugreeirient the bylaw implementing the agreement was finally passed council decided that the total standby time of 575 is to be divided 375 to the firemen 200 to the town council promised to serve a lot purchased by w morrison on cook st with sewers and water by the end of october if possible services huve to be extended about 200 feet from cobble hill to do this grant limit reached a quarterly financial report pre sented by the clerk shows the 25- 000 grant limit for local road ex penditures to be reached members after reviewing the report agreed the town has spent about as much as it can this year on roads and sidewalks however on a budget of 36400 for roads walks and miscellaneous items the town has spent only 31- presentation of the report initiat ed a discussion on the unsettled wallace st sidewalks and division of costs there while it is unlikely that the walk will be laid this year council will continue to pursue the problems blocking this work a motion was passed to petition the department of highways for the interim road subsidy on expenditur es of 2488215 council disputed an account of 105 for shaping willow st prior to paving it was claimed that k jf beamish construction co who sub mitted the account were not auth orized to do the work council gave brief attention to its traffic control bylaw and while making no changes agreed there was need for some revisions regard ing stop streets and parking pass revised bylaw council passed a revised bylaw closing part of agnes street under i the registry act this street hrea i lies in the old beardmore home pro- iperty which is proposed to be pri- council agreed to provide three votely subdivided days work a week when possible the clerk told council that plans to a local man he is now working for the new marin strt hih nn iwo days a week at 75 cents an hour in lieu of relief a letter from a mclsaac protest ed that the gutter built by the town near his main st property is not e ns and in addition i deeded to the town in glenlea body had any idea where th could cause damage to cars passing over he also asked for repairs to the surface drain at the north end of his property council discussed this recurring drainage problem and a that mr mefcnnc be info the engineer is studying the diffi culties fire agreement through town foreman a kirkncss re ported at least 10 new catch basins fcaagwgsassmisbm reudy and should be in the town office this week councillor brunelle queried the whereabouts of e braidas fence which was removed from- property no fence has disappeared councillor welck noted a local resident should be required to cut down weeds and an overgrown hedge which is blocking the public walk near his property councillor r langford said a mill street garage operator has a drain age problem after discussion no solution was offered bbjmsmbs3aaasimwjb lnbvs parents its less than two weeks until the first day of autumn- there arc quite a few notices of sales in this weeks paper district rural teachers met on wednesday evening at the home of mrs fletcher of the board 1l junior farmer clubs of the county areworking on their educ ational displays for milton fair noted a change iri clothing on tuesday fewer jean and sneak ers more skirts ajril wellhlned shoes n while biily middleton is on holidays d wilson of sarnia is taking his place at the customs of fice for this month thet95r series of citizens forum broadcasts will begin the last week in october and will be on television as well as on radio ttie new erin district high school opened on tuesday with a staff of threes there are four class rooms including a modern science room with new equipment all the church groups are plan ning their first fail rheetings watch the free press for noticas of meetings and full accounts cf them afterwards halton awards at the central canadian exhibition in ottawa and the canadian national exhibition in toronto are outlined this week in the popular farm news column the fall fair prize lists mak popular reading- these days many of the attractive thick books have been given out the fair is- on friday and saturday september 18 and 17- donations are still coming in for the looyenga family whose barn and stock were destroyed y fire recently the neighbors hve scheduled a benefit danee for them tomorrow night in brookville hall local workers have been af fected by the a nnual ford plant holiday period they are returning to work gradually several hundred a day as supplies for various jas- seinbly projects build up the plant j now working on the 1 m th p w be to futtjmarred byuxricaneshaxeu production by september 1 first showing of tite new cars is planned for early in october actonians listening to the ac counts of the muchdelayed cne swim have been rioting cliff snow- don who comes from nearby mil ton he tvns the one who got lost out on the lake in the- dark mon day evening while shps searched for him he swam to shore and walked back to his headquarters in his swim suit st albans church and st johns in rock wood now belong to the anglican hurch of canada following a decision at a gather ing of church dignitaries for st albans there are no signs to he repainted but the heading on the church notice is changed this week the denomination was for merly known as the church of england in canada r engagements mr and mrs william cunning ham of rr 1 guelph announce the engagement of their- daugh freda may to mr william james mcgilloway son of mr and mrs william mcgilloway action mar riage will take place- on saturday october 1 at 10 am church of our lady guelph l- not in finals of tennis loop with the tennis league schedule finished the acton team found it- self one of the two not in the fin als of the sixteam loop playing off tor finals positions are wood- bridge and- hespeler port credit and brampton the winner will meet inmilton a league banquet is planned when the challenge shield and trophy will be presented with memories of last years banquet still in their minds league members have not yet finalized details for the event and miss emma cole were weekend visitors in the mus- koka district in town for the weekend wen- mr and mrs hob macarthur and johnny of little current manit- oulin island mr e h vincent of toronto spent the weekend at the home of mrs w landsborough and fam ily lake ave friday miss carol tyler and miss marjorie ware left on a motor trin to arizona mlss tylers moved there recently editor and mrs g a dills leit wednesday e m a tin- canadian weekly newpapers con vention in vancouver bc mr and mrs wesley how and son terry of south river spent th- holiday weekend with mr and mrs harry murray and family mrs bern martin of toronto and mr and mrs ted newman of port huron mich spent hieweekehd w mr and mrs gordon currie mi- and mrs jiarry otterbein and brian mr and mrs don ryder and david spent the last hoitdiv weekend of the seasotiatmuskokn lake it was mrs frank fowke gave a shower for miss edra dergast not mrs frank as column mistakenly reported week ernie lawson and willard liday have returned from the summer months at th home of mr h n farmer lake simcoe mr and mrs carl gilchrist of flint michigan visited over th holiday weekend at the home mr and mrs f anderson other relatives mr arid mrs john black visited over the weekend in fergus with mrs blacks parents mr and mrs menzics who have just returned from a trip to europe at wasaga beach wri mr and mrs fred salt mr and mrs k fryer and gail miss linda mast ers all of acton with mr and mrs ron salt of hamilton miss barbara norton and miss mary griachow visited their aunt miss mary chalmers in toronto and she came back to acton with them on the holiday weekend mr and mrs j b adamson and mr kenneth adamson were in detrsft during the weekend attend ing the funeral of mr adamsons brother the late willard adamson mrs j b adamson was hostess afa welcome shower on friday ev ening september 2 when friends and neighbors feted miss edra pendergast ofwjjbnto gore who will be a bride dt the week marguerite leavens rn of niag ara falls ny visited at the homq of mrs win landsborough and family lake ave on sundiiy- many friends are happy ti hear of a little improvement this week in the condition of mr douglas dunk who is a patient in the queen elizabeth hospital toronto und ure very sorry to hear lliul his brother is critically hi in guelph hospital mr j b chalmers arrived back by plane on saturday from a five- week trip which inchided win nipeg north dakota and minnes ota he thoroughly enjoyed the plane trip out and buck and suys now its the only way to travel for long distances after spending three and 11 half years servingwith nato in eng land and france lac romild i king formerly of nassagaweya has returned to cunnda und is visiting with his mother mrs j a ilrochu of rr- 2 georgetown he was accompanied by ills wife and baby daughter at the labor day council meet ing of the synod of tororuti and kingston mrjim croer ws one of those representing the ouelph presbytery young peoples the gathering at the hockley valley near orangeville was from friday evening until monduy afternoon the years work for the synod wa set up although vihe didnt know jut why she had been invited mrs harry mainprise attended u pleas- ant 1ocoptloh air womens day who pen- this lat hal- pending summer on ih womens day al the exhibition onec there sh- discovered other women with pres byterian church executive positions hail also been asked mr and mrs c a dills attended special pre-s- day events inst friday inrlndink the luncheon when ed sullivui spoke mrs w j hall misses msirjnrlr and nellie hall mid miss viola sprowl were guests at the wedding of miss mary snyder and mr- huijli muclean on saturday at failh lutheran church hamilton and also the reception which was held in mcmaster alumni hull the for- mer miss snyder taught in the ar- ton high school here a year ago mr and mrs maclean are leaving for new brunswick- where he will be a professor in one of the univ ersities an extra years study in enkland is ahead for andrew molozzi a former acton resident he hopes the extra yenr will lead to his over 300 ten years ago the of ficials had suggested this was an economical basis on which to op erate an area he said referring to the rural municipali ties who were not represented at the meeting the milton feeve sug gested perhaps they were concerned about transportation of pupils feel ing they might have to bear that cost should the area- be dissolved we must be led by the department of education he explained in establishing whether dissolution of the area would be economical acton also opposed g- e johnson high school insiec- tor for the district suggested the enrolment of the three schools would each exceed 300 in a short time but no figure was ayailable on the number for which an urea could soundly be operated mayor armstrong georgetown pointed out that georgetown had been opposed to the district since its inception and was squeezed in for economic reasons he emphasized the difficulty in figuring whether it would be more economical to ope rate as a georgetown high school mayor tyler acton pointed out his council had endorsed the action of esquesin in opposing sale of th4 white mix ghoctadffe homy spice banana fiesta pay only margarine monarch regular 1 lb pkq for bchoolday lunches uptons chicken noodle high school referring to the split ting of the urea he explained the present arrangement seemed quite economical and if figures were sub mitted to prove differently the council would then consider its action s d randell representing the department of education near the conclusion or the meeting explained splitting theareu shoul- splitting thearcu should not be ap- pi li th j ar was established by the coiintj council at the recpiist of participation muniei- one cant just pull out doctor of philosophy degree hi has been overseas with his wife for two years after being awarded an athlone scholarship for two years postgraduate study they left for england shortly after their mar riage in september 1053 he hid been studying it imperial college university of london his parents mr and mrs andy molozi have just sold their farm at rr 2 ac ton and are having a sale next week they arc building a new home on the seventh line palities and uf the area n11 new district can be formed by county council unless that dis trict has 10 original school sections or a total of 100 elementary school pupils he explained lie suggested if there wus thought of changing the district the county should be asked to establish an in vestigating committee to look into the costs and boundaries its quite a big thing to develop two or three districts all at once he de clared jf if any urban municipalities wont to withdraw from the district they huve to remember they become one high school and the grants drop considerably the department re presentative explained the meeting adjourned at 9 pm warning signs uie first day tjleami w for of school new warning signs were painted across the highway by ac ton municipal workers as well as criss crossing bright white lines which cannot fail to attract at tention is the lettering ischool crossing he weekly bulletin n rotary venture acton rotary club will have a regular weekly bulletin the decis ion was made several weeks ago and at tuesdays meeting three rotarians from the fairbank club in toronto ken jefferson a 1 sut ton and ivor hunt discussed bul letins with the club at the meeting here ken hulford amos shoe maker and pavedills were named to the committee first bulletin u being issued jhis week the park project was discussed j art padbury tommy jones dave dills bill mattocks and jim ledger were appointed a permanent committee to look after the pro gram art wood of guelph was a visit or at the meeting which saw various items of business discussed mrs bill dumarch and heather ann were away last week visiting her aunt mrs e m hartley of elora and mr and mrs albert jackman of owen sound mr du march went for them sunday mr and mrs colin mcnabb and daughter colleen arrived tuesday september 6t night from nassau bahamas for a months vacation and are visiting mr mcnabbi parents mr and mrs neil mcnabb after a week here miss arana leishman returned home to hunts- ville on the weekend vow with her parents mr and mrs alan leishman and drewshe is on a motor trip to winnipeg and- chic ago last saturday was the wedding day of mr john ban- and miss peggy mcdonald in emmanuel col lege chapel toronto those who attended from acton were the grooms father mr e ejrarr mr and mrs roy arnotflg m journey to west orgwjslaally pollock and campbell manufacturers of high grade memorials memorial engraving 62 water st north gait telephone 2048 economical home maintenance reliable work done on any type of home or ha repairs e electrical mechanical masonry manaal carpentry or decorating for prompt service or free estimates phone 385j acton soup mix 2 23c be off deal rose fresh pickle slices 16os jar dares assorted sandwich biscuits- 29c cheese spread ingersoll for better flavour 8 oz jar 33c blue and gold new pack fancy peas 2 33c olark8 beans with pork 20 oz ttng 37c extra special wj0odbury8 facial soap 3 for 30c bath bute loc ljbbys frozen green peas 2 pegs 39c 29c bulks frozeltlted raspberries these are the most beautiful whole berries you can imagine the slxe that raspberrlaasuually re full flavoured and priced so low youd ba wim to stock up at this introductory ipacul yon save 10c a package on onr regular low prlca twice b a n a n as golden ripe 2 jbs ayc oranges pears corn cabbage carrots calif sunkist size 288 doz bartlett canada no 1 6 qt bskt fresh young and tender doz new and green 27c 79c 29c 2 heads 25c young end tender marsh 3bths19c 2sr faiirksmsssgmmvs rn mrs w middleton mr bill mc millan and mr bill holmes who was an usher 0 editor ca and mrs dills are today en route to the west coast where he will represent this newspaper at the 36th annual con vention of the canadian weekly newspapers association the annual meeting which arets underway in vancouver monday is expected to be one of the largest gatherings of newspapermen ever held in canada more than 5o0 are expected to attend between them weekly editors publish newspapers which terh and influence an audience of more than looe000 canadians the home town editors will study a variety of problems everything froift new printing techniques to national and local problems such as government tax ation 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